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Good luck Wed. Are you having a test, hope you studied for it !
Richard

Good luck Wednesday! My new (PCP) Primary Care Provider who's a micro-biologist says Scotch will cure anything. Suggest you put in a good store of it.

So... what did the quy in white say? I hope he said that in order to completely heal you have to build 10 ships more...

He said you should all send me a bottle of whisky,

He was very pleased with the progress, my PSA level has dropped from 9.0 at the beginning, to 1.2 last time I saw him, it is now 0.7 my next appointment is in 4 months time.



Here,s a larger pic of Duane at the show,

Keep on truckin' Admiral HHHH!

So how are things at the admiralty these days?

Thanks Nick for thinking about me, the shipyard has been shut for over 12 months, the covers are over Duane for the time being.
I have a project in the house that im on with, the whole bathroom needs revamping, we are putting in a walk in shower cubical and new shower, we are finding getting in and out the bath difficult, hence the work.
The weather here in the u/k is wet and windy, it does not help arthritus in the fingers, so it will be some time before im building again, keeping an eye on all the good builds on the site.

I did not know where to put it, so I used this thread (needed a push up the list too...)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ADMIRAL SIR!!!!

May this years' birthday include a huge cake and all the health of the world for you and your loved ones...

May next years birthday include a complete Duane and an appetite for construction as well...

It's today isn't it????

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

from me also... 71 -- a mere trifle..!!



Jim Baumann

Happy Birthday Admiral HHHH!

A 21 gun salute to you from The Pirates.

Happy Birthday Admiral H!

So when do the classes for the next project start?

This build has to be completed also...

Happy New Year to all...

Happy New Year ADMIRAL

I asked Dave Wooley a similar question:

What kinds of glue are you using for your builds? Does the choice of glue depend upon the material from which the fittings are made of? For example, what kind of glue did you use to attach the liferafts of the 20mm mounts on the deck?

I hope everything is going well... Have not seen a post for quite some time

Wood to Wood, white waterproof PVA.

Litho to wood, High strength contact adhesive.

Litho to Litho, contact adhesive or thick super glue.


The backroom boys are working hard on the paperwork ready for the build, also the photographic department.

ARH wrote:Wood to Wood, white waterproof PVA.

Litho to wood, High strength contact adhesive.

Litho to Litho, contact adhesive or thick super glue.


The backroom boys are working hard on the paperwork ready for the build, also the photographic department.

This is very good news The Admiral is getting the slip prepared .

AYE AYE SKIPPER !!

I was reviewing this build as well as the Moffet build and I have a question I need to ask about the shape of the hull.

Both hulls were built using a plug made from the ships lines... The hull was then filled and sanded again and again, so as to give it a smooth and clean surface.

By this method, you added material on the surface of the hull and also "messed up" the lines of the hull...

Did you try to avoid filler build up at the hull?

Did you, by any means, recalculate or check the hull shape?

For example, you can make a negative shape of each of the hull sections and check whether it fits all along the tranverse of the hull...

I am mainly interested in the shape and not the dimensions...

When I do the plug I reduce the rib shape,s by the amount that I am going to add on top of the plug, that is about 3/16 th of an inch, you dont need to make new templates, you can see the shape better by hand and eye.

Well Guys, this is for CCAINE, the thread was on page two so I dought if he,s seen it.

It will help with his build.